An astonishing price for a single issue of a British comic was achieved yesterday in the (5th?) auction of the collection of Peter Hansen. £6000 (+fees) was paid for a copy of Triumph issue #772
TRIUMPH #772 (Amalgamated Press, 5th August 1939) British Story paper that features the first reprinting of Superman outside of the US just a year after he first appeared in Action Comics #1 1938. It includes original cover art by John McCail and could be the first representation of Superman's flying superpower.
another lot (#24) of other early issues sold for £1,700 (plus fees)
TRIUMPH #773, 775-783, 785-786, 789, 791, 792 and 810 (Amalgamated Press, 1939-1940) British comic story paper that includes John McCail cover art of Superman and interior stories of early Superman comic strips (16)
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